Tafsir of Surah Al-Hadid 57:29

﴿لِّئَلَّا يَعْلَمَ أَهْلُ الْكِتَابِ أَلَّا يَقْدِرُونَ عَلَىٰ شَيْءٍ مِّن فَضْلِ اللَّهِ وَأَنَّ الْفَضْلَ بِيَدِ اللَّهِ يُؤْتِيهِ مَن يَشَاءُ وَاللَّهُ ذُو الْفَضْلِ الْعَظِيمِ﴾

Translation of the meaning

[This is] so that the People of the Scripture may know that they are not able [to obtain] anything from the bounty of Allāh and that [all] bounty is in the hand of Allāh; He gives it to whom He wills. And Allāh is the possessor of great bounty.

English Translation - Noor International Center — v1.1.2 · QuranEnc.com

The words of the two imams are given in their original Arabic, verbatim, with references.

Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah

وحرف «لا» وإن كان قد يكون مؤكدًا للنفي؛ إذ من شأنه أن يقحم في الجمل السلبية لفظًا أو معنى مؤكدًا للسلب كقوله: {لِئَلَّا يَعْلَمَ أَهْلُ الْكِتَابِ}«تفسير آيات أشكلت على كثير من العلماء» 1/137
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